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Zhamanov, Azamat; Yoo, Seong-Moo; Sakhiyeva, Zhulduz; Zhaparov, Meirambek – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2018
Students nowadays are hard to be motivated to study lessons with traditional teaching methods. Computers, smartphones, tablets and other smart devices disturb students' attentions. Nevertheless, those smart devices can be used as auxiliary tools of modern teaching methods. In this article, the authors review two popular modern teaching methods:…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Program Evaluation, Blended Learning, Internet
Grismore, Brian A. – Online Submission, 2012
The purpose of this database comparison is to express the importance of teaching information literacy skills and to apply those skills to commonly used Internet-based research tools. This paper includes a comparison and evaluation of three databases (ProQuest, ERIC, and Google Scholar). It includes strengths and weaknesses of each database based…
Descriptors: Research Tools, Computer Assisted Instruction, Information Literacy, Information Skills
Kan, Soh Or – Online Submission, 2011
Listening plays a crucial part in the learning of overseas students in the United Kingdom. Students can never follow a lecture or discussion in English without listening. Traditional classroom teaching in listening limits students' time and space. However, the Web-based listening course accommodates listeners a great deal, enabling them to access…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evaluation Criteria, Reading Skills, Listening Skills
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Gomez, Elizabeth Avery; Wu, Dezhi; Passerini, Katia – Computers & Education, 2010
The benefits of teamwork and collaboration have long been advocated by many educational theories, such as constructivist and social learning models. Among the various applications of collaborative learning, the iterative team-based learning (TBL) process proposed by Michaelsen, Fink, and Knight (2002) has been successfully used in the classroom…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Socialization, Educational Theories, Teamwork
Academy for Educational Development, 2012
The Academy for Educational Development (AED) sent a research team to Western Kentucky University (WKU) on June 19-20, 2008 to conduct interviews with individuals who play important roles in the university's teacher preparation program (see Appendix A). These interviews, along with additional documentation provided by WKU and identified by the AED…
Descriptors: Mentors, Internet, Computer Assisted Instruction, Pilot Projects
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Somyurek, Sibel; Atasoy, Bilal; Ozdemir, Selcuk – Computers & Education, 2009
The amount of investment that has been made in interactive whiteboards (IWB) in the Turkish educational system during the past several years is quite striking. This investment is part of a plan to integrate information and communication technologies (ICT) into the Turkish educational system, with the goal of increasing the qualitative and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Program Implementation, Program Evaluation, Case Studies
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Wishart, J. M.; Oades, C. E.; Morris, M. – Computers and Education, 2007
This paper reports on an evaluation of Net-Detectives, a creative online role play activity aimed at 9-12 year olds. Net-Detectives forms part of Kidsmart, an Internet awareness programme aimed at school children. It was evaluated through a multiple method data collection using questionnaire surveys, follow up telephone interviews with teachers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Role Playing, Internet
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Dyson, Laurel Evelyn; Litchfield, Andrew; Lawrence, Elaine; Raban, Ryszard; Leijdekkers, Peter – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
This article reports on an m-learning research agenda instituted at our university in order to explore how mobile technology can enhance active, experiential learning. Details of the implementation and results of four areas of m-learning are presented: mobile supported fieldwork, fostering interactivity in large lectures with mobile technology,…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Case Studies, Program Implementation, Curriculum Implementation
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Wu, Cheng-Chih; Lai, Chin-Yuan – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
This paper reports our implementation and evaluation of a wireless handheld learning environment used to support a clinical nursing practicum course. The learning environment was designed so that nursing students could use handhelds for recording information, organizing ideas, assessing patients, and also for interaction and collaboration with…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Practicums, Patients
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Usoro, Abel; Abiagam, Bridget – E-Learning, 2009
New developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) to support learning have brought about increasing interest by both academic and non-academic institutions in e-learning. These developments in ICT are principally multimedia and the Internet with its World Wide Web. Interest in ICT supported learning is also fuelled by the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Definitions, Evaluation Criteria, Global Approach
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Park, Amanda; Nitzke, Susan; Kritsch, Karen; Kattelmann, Kendra; White, Adrienne; Boeckner, Linda; Lohse, Barbara; Hoerr, Sharon; Greene, Geoffrey; Zhang, Zhumin – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2008
Objective: Evaluate a theory-based, Internet-delivered nutrition education module. Design: Randomized, treatment-control design with pre-post intervention assessments. Setting and Participants: Convenience sample of 160 young adults (aged 18-24) recruited by community educators in 4 states. Study completers (n = 96) included a mix of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Self Efficacy, Nutrition, Young Adults
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Ketelhut, Diane Jass; Nelson, Brian C.; Clarke, Jody; Dede, Chris – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
This study investigated novel pedagogies for helping teachers infuse inquiry into a standards-based science curriculum. Using a multi-user virtual environment (MUVE) as a pedagogical vehicle, teams of middle-school students collaboratively solved problems around disease in a virtual town called River City. The students interacted with "avatars" of…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Virtual Classrooms, Science Education, Science Curriculum
Giguere, Louis – Journal of Distance Education, 2009
In 1997 the British Columbia Open University (BCOU) adopted a virtualization strategy based primarily on twinning off-line independent study distance education courses (textbook-based with study guide and telephone and e-mail tutor support) with alternate online versions (textbook-based with integrated conferencing and communications provided…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Open Universities, Adult Basic Education, Benchmarking
Kozaris, Ioannis; Varella, Evangelia A. – Online Submission, 2010
In 2006 and 2008, two large trans-national residential summer schools on conservation science were organized as intensive programs. Learners were not only second/third cycle students in both exact sciences and humanities, but further practicing restorers; consequently their educational background, and even their way of approaching scientific…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Summer Schools, Educational Background
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Lan, Yu-Ju; Sung, Yao-Ting; Chang, Kuo-En – Computers & Education, 2009
This study attempts to implement a cooperative reading environment for EFL early reading using a mobile-device-supported computer-assisted reciprocal early English reading (CAREER) system, and to evaluate its effect on the early reading skills and learning behaviors of elementary EFL learners. The design rationale of CAREER is based on the three…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Early Reading, Cooperative Learning, Reading Skills
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